Question follow-through · 36
Cancer: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve access to freezing and storage capacity for tumour tissues for oncology services in the West Midlands, in order to improve outcomes for hard-to-t
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 26 May 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve access to freezing and storage capacity for tumour tissues for oncology services in the West Midlands, in order to improve outcomes for hard-to-t
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 May 2026
Answer published
The Department has taken steps to improve tissue freezing for oncology services for all cancers, including hard-to-treat cancers. Standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the fresh-freezing, or snap-freezing, of tissue samples have already been developed ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Care Homes: Birmingham
15 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Birmingham City Council regarding local residential and nursing care capacity.
Health Services: Birmingham
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Mental Health Services: Sutton Coldfield
2 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the length of waiting times for access to mental health services for residents of Royal Sutton Coldfield.
Hospitals: Parking
11 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of parking provision at NHS hospitals across Birmingham.
Accident and Emergency Departments: Birmingham and Solihull
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the percentage of total accident and emergency attendances admitted, transferred, or discharged within four hours for the NHS Birmingham and Solihul